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Surely one of the most terrifying sights to await a woman giving birth is a baby with anencephaly: a frightening birth defect in which parts of the brain and skull fail to form correctly. The result is a fetus or baby that has a normal-appearing body attached to a frog-like head. I can imagine that women giving birth to such a child back in the middle ages would have been burned at the stake or otherwise executed for this evidence of copulation with devils! Fortunately, we live in more enlightened times... but, as you can see, these are still frightening times! Anencephaly occurs surprisingly frequently - 1/1000 births. (Which is one reason why it always amazes me that pregnant women don't spend their days in constant anxiety of the monster that may come crawling out from between their legs... but that's just me, I suppose.) To make matters worse, if a woman gives birth to a baby with anencephaly, their odds of having another one goes up to 1/50, and if they've had two 1/25. And if they've had three, why on earth are they still procreating???? Anencephaly occurs when the anterior neural tube fails to close properly very early in fetal development. The neural tube is a narrow channel that folds and closes between the 3rd and 4th weeks of pregnancy to form the brain and spinal cord of the embryo. Anencephaly occurs when the 'cephalic' or head end of the neural tube fails to close, resulting in the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp. Infants with this disorder are born without a forebrain (the front part of the brain) and a cerebrum (the thinking and coordinating part of the brain). The remaining brain tissue is often exposed--not covered by bone or skin. A baby born with anencephaly is usually blind, deaf, unconscious, and unable to feel pain. Although some individuals with anencephaly may be born with a rudimentary brain stem, the lack of a functioning cerebrum permanently rules out the possibility of ever gaining consciousness. Reflex actions such as breathing and responses to sound or touch may occur. (In other words, these babies are as much 'alive' as Terry Schiavo!) Although it is thought that a mother's diet and vitamin intake may play a role, scientists believe that many other factors are also involved. Recent studies have shown that the addition of folic acid (vitamin B9) to the diet of women of childbearing age may significantly reduce the incidence of neural tube defects. Unsurprisingly, there is no cure or treatment for anencephaly. Most of the babies are stillborn, and the rest will die within a few hours or days after birth. Thank goodness, eh? |
To make matters worse, if a woman gives birth to a baby with anencephaly, their odds of having another one goes up to 1/50, and if they've had two 1/25.
Malady location. Malady first appears on Reaper's Eye island, near the Abandoned Camp after you defeat Bishop Alexandar. Malady can remove a player's source collar if it is still on after defeating Alexandar. Malady will teleport away if the player tries to kill her on Reaper's Eye island. The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), Sat 10 Oct 1936, Page 11 - THE Medico's MALADY. You have corrected this.
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What was the “thorn” that Paul referred to in 2 Corinthians 12:7?
We do not know exactly what the affliction was that Paul called his “thorn in the flesh.” It probably was a physical malady. There is some evidence in Scripture that Paul had an eye problem. He spoke of the large letters he used in writing to the Galatians (Galatians 6:11). He also declared that the Galatians would have plucked out their own eyes and given them to him (Galatians 4:13-15). Some have suggested that this may have been a chronic eye disease or an injury suffered when he was stoned in Lystra (Acts 14:19,20).
Paul also referred to his “thorn” as “a messenger of Satan.” We know that the devil afflicted Job with a physical malady (Job 2:7) and caused physical deformity to a woman (Luke 13:16). We therefore have scriptural support for the idea that the “messenger of Satan” can be something physical.
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Those who believe that the thorn was something other than a physical affliction point out that it was sent to “buffet” Paul (2 Corinthians 12:7), that is to prick the apostle’s arrogance which may have lingered on after he had been converted from Pharisaism. Some scholars prefer this interpretation and think Paul referred to Alexander the coppersmith (2 Timothy 4:14), Hymenaeus, and Philetus (2 Timothy 2:17), as the “thorns” who were adversaries of the work and therefore doing Satan’s business.
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Those who hold to this view also refer to Numbers 33:55, where Moses warned the children of Israel as they were about to enter Canaan, “But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell.”
Another example of such a “thorn” would be Elymas, the sorcerer mentioned in Acts 13, who tried to turn the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, away from the faith (v.8) and was addressed by Paul as “you son of the devil” (v.10). And in 1 Thessalonians 2:18, Satan is said to have prevented Paul more than once from visiting the Thessalonians.
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The fact of the matter is that the Bible doesn’t identify Paul’s thorn. God must have had a good reason for not giving this information. He probably left it this way so that people with various kinds of physical and spiritual problems might identify with Paul and experience the grace that God has promised (2 Corinthians 12:9).